Army launched search to trace personnel who fell into mountain stream

Army has launched an extensive search to trace Naib Subedar Amrendra Kumar of Red Shield Division, who slipped and accidentally fell into a fast flowing mountain stream.

An army spokesperson said, “During an operational patrol in the forward areas of the remote Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, Naib Subedar Amrendra Kumar of Red Shield Division, slipped and accidentally fell into a fast flowing mountain stream. An immediate search operation was launched by search parties in the area along the stream”.

The spokesperson stated, “A large number of search parties have since been launched and the scope of search has been expanded to include the downstream flow of the mountain stream. Assistance of local villagers and civil administration is also being taken and they have been incorporated in the efforts to locate the JCO.


The extensive search operation has continued non-stop, even as extremely rugged terrain, inclement weather and incessant rains have made progress very slow. Notwithstanding the adverse climatic conditions, all our efforts are being made by deploying all available resources to locate the missing JCO.”